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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 172 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 172

        Expressing the sense of the Senate on Ukrainian victory.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2023

Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION

 
        Expressing the sense of the Senate on Ukrainian victory.

Whereas Ukraine regained its independence in 1991 after three centuries of 
        Moscow's imperial rule;
Whereas the United States encouraged Ukraine to abandon its arsenal of nuclear 
        weapons, the third largest in the world at the time, in exchange for 
        security assurances in the Budapest Memorandum of 1994;
Whereas the 2004 Orange Revolution and the Revolution of Dignity in 2014 
        demonstrated the commitment of Ukrainians to shared ideals of democracy 
        and freedom and their desire for Euroatlantic integration;
Whereas the 2008 Bucharest North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit Declaration 
        states that ``NATO welcomes Ukraine's and Georgia's Euro-Atlantic 
        aspirations for membership in NATO. We agree today that these countries 
        will become members of NATO.'';
Whereas the initial Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 demonstrated the Russian 
        regime's imperial fixation on controlling Ukraine, as well as the 
        determination of the Ukrainian people to preserve their sovereignty and 
        independence;
Whereas the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 
        February 2022, grossly violating international norms, costing hundreds 
        of thousands of people their lives, and displacing millions;
Whereas, in 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022, the United Nations General 
        Assembly affirmed the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and in November 
        2022, called on member states to create a mechanism for reparations to 
        be paid to Ukraine;
Whereas, on February 18, 2023, the United States issued a finding that officials 
        of the Russian Federation have committed crimes against humanity;
Whereas the threat to United States interests, European security, and global 
        peace would greatly increase should Ukraine be unable to prevail against 
        the invasion, by emboldening the Russian Federation and other autocratic 
        states to engage in aggression against other states;
Whereas previous attempts to accommodate the Russian Federation's imperialism 
        have resulted only in increasingly ruinous wars of aggression, anything 
        short of victory for Ukraine would be an intolerable outcome for 
        international peace, human rights, and democracy; and
Whereas United States interests, European security, and the cause of 
        international peace depend on ensuring continued, robust, and 
        longstanding United States support for Ukraine and all free nations from 
        wars of aggression by Russia and its proxies, allies, or other 
        autocratic states: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) affirms that it is the policy of the United States to 
        see Ukraine victorious against the invasion and restored to its 
        internationally recognized 1991 borders;
            (2) holds that the peace brought by Ukrainian victory must 
        be secured by integrating Ukraine into the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization and other Euroatlantic institutions, as 
        consistent with longstanding United States policy; and
            (3) declares that the United States must work with its 
        allies and partners to ensure that--
                    (A) the Russian Federation pays reparations to 
                Ukraine;
                    (B) the global community helps to rebuild Ukraine;
                    (C) the leaders of the Russian Federation are held 
                accountable for this war of aggression; and
                    (D) there is justice for victims of crimes 
                committed by the Russian Federation during its 
                invasion.
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